My food fear isn't so much to do with choking as it is getting nauseous. The foods I avoid are 'heavier' foods, spicy foods, fizzy drinks (bloating!), citrus etc... I also avoid anything too sweet or caffineated as I'm scared of them causing an anxious feeling... That said though, this last week I've been trying to do some self-exposure work, and rather than avoiding completely, I've had little bits.. So far I've managed to eat a combination dish, that although blandish, still had red meat in it... and although I haven't eaten a full steak-meal or anything, I did have spaghetti bolognaise tonight, which is essentially a whole heap of stuff I wouldn't have eaten just over a week ago...
I had a mouthful of coffee (*gasp*) a couple of days ago, and am thinking I might try a decaf sometime this week (hoping the flavour association isn't too strong!)... AND I have a chocolate in my fridge (something I haven't eaten for nearly a month! - miraculous considering it was one of my fave treats!!).
About the only good thing I can say about all my food avoidance behaviour is that because I'm so paranoid about what I put in my mouth and how I might react to it, I've lost that dress size I've been meaning to get around to shifting for a while! =) Always got to find the good side of a bad thing, huh?
Next on my list of foods to combat (other than said chocolate and decaf) are curry (thinking maybe some laksa...), nuts (I'm also paranoid about allergies - even though I don't have any and have quite happily eaten nuts my whole life!), and Oranges...
